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Major Gift Officers

Liaisons in LSA’s Advancement Office are happy to hear from you! View the complete list of fundraisers below, check out our Gift Officer Program and Department Liaison list, or visit this section for unit leadership. View a similar list of contacts for reunions, annual giving, events, and more by visiting the programs section.

Not sure whom to contact? No problem. You can simply email lsa-advancement-services@umich.edu or contact us at the number below. 

LSA Advancement
101 North Main Street, Suite 850
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Phone: 734.615.6333
Fax: 734.647.3061

Janel Alpert
Major Gift Officer
101 North Main St,
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Brian Arbeiter
Executive Director, Eastern States
Region: New York City

Department Liaison:
History of Art; Organizational Studies; Barger Leadership Institute
734.223.8337
Gail Flynn
Director of Campaign Strategies and Initiatives
Region: Washtenaw County

Department Liaison:
Classical Studies / Art; Herbarium; Museum of Zoology; Museum of Paleontology; Kelsey Museum of Archaeology; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)




734.615.6370
Sophia Moeller
Director of International Giving
101 N Main St. Suite 850
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Joseph Murray
Regional Director, Western States
101 North Main Street
Suite 850
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Region: Southern California, Arizona, Utah

Department Liaisons: Economics, Film, Television, and Media (FTVM), Astronomy, Center for Global and Intercultural Study (CGIS)
734.764.9865
Kyle Nowels
Regional Director of Development
101 North Main Street, Suite 850
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734.615.6239
Elizabeth Pariano
Regional Director of Development, Mid-Atlantic States
734-274-0808
Julia Sohn
Regional Director, Northeast
Region: Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont

Department Liaison: Asian Languages and Cultures, Chemistry, Communication & Media, Honors Program
734.615.6533
Samantha Stears
Regional Director of Development, Central States
West/Mid/Northern Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky
Department Liaison: History, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies (EIHS), Linguistics, Biological Station, Undergraduate Education
c: 616-610-7331
Mari Vaydik
Director of Major Gifts
101 N Main St
Suite 850
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Nora Webber
Assistant Director for Development
Department Liaison:
Museum of Natural History
734.936.5834
Scot Weiner
Executive Director, Western Region
Region: Western United States

Department Liaison:
American Culture; Philosophy; Applied Physics; Biophysics; MI Center for Physics; Program in Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE); Screen Arts and Culture; Campus Climate DAC Working Group


734.646.4585